Last weekend, even though it was rainy and muddy, we got much done. On Friday, our siding arrived. It is not a perfect color match. We weren’t too concerned about matching the color. This is what was available to us, so it is what we got. Actually, I kind of like the color block look. What concerns us is that should we sell our property someday, we hope people won’t be turned away by the colors. On Saturday…

Our barn project is moving along. We’re putting in a new water system and closing in the pole barn, with sides. Jeff and our friend have been working on the plumbing once a week for several weeks, which they finished yesterday. Next week they’ll begin the electrical. Jeff asked me to help him set posts on Saturday. And I really didn’t want to. What I expected would be hours of just holding up 16 foot posts turned into exactly that. About 4 hours of holding up posts. It was hard on the arms, let me tell you! But suprisingly, I enjoyed being outside working with him. It was a pretty nice day and it felt good to help with the project.

This video shows how Jeff placed the 2500 gallon water storage tank, part of our new barn project. It must be in before the walls can be added to the barn. What’s remarkable about this is that Jeff was stumped about how to lift the tank high enough to put it on the bed of sand. Mikah and Naomi came up with the solution to use the tractor from below (you’ll see it in stage 2 of the placement). The project took 2 days. Naomi was the videographer.